Manbij Military Council

The Manbij Military Council is a Syrian Democratic Forces operations room that was formed on 2 April 2016 to liberate Manbij in northern Aleppo Governorate from the Islamic State. It linked the YPG forces of the Rojava federal region with Free Syrian Army fighters in northern Aleppo, and its goal - the liberation of Manbij - would enable the Kurds to unite the Efrin front on the Mediterranean Sea with Kobani Canton.